by Ellie Doughty | May 26, 2017 | Inspirational Stories
Its a timely reminder that exploring the outdoors is dangerous. By pursuing our love of the great outdoors we accept that the many benefits we experience come hand in hand with risk. What would happen if….. One question I often ask myself, both at work and on...
by Clare Johnson | May 18, 2017 | Inspirational Stories, Wild Women
Well, what should I do now? I had always envisioned myself being married one day (preferably to Tom Hardy), with little sprogs, owning a dog and living in a beautiful home. My desire and anxiety in achieving this picture perfect life grew stronger as I got older. Why...
by Emma Frampton | Mar 24, 2017 | Inspirational Stories
Warning: the below involves scenery porn, hills galore, insane headwinds and stretches of quietness! Keep reading if curious… Almost a year ago to the day, as I was travelling to Inverness to participate in the Rat Race Coast 2 Coast event, I stumbled across an...
by Laura Maisey | Mar 9, 2017 | Inspirational Stories
This is the question I got asked the most prior to leaving for my trip (running from Rome to London), to the extent that I wrote this post about my thoughts on female solo adventuring (link). It would be careless of me, then, not to report back, pos t-trip, about...
by Catherine Edsell | Feb 28, 2017 | Inspirational Stories, Wild Mums
‘BC’ The first time I heard the term ‘BC’ and realised that it no longer stood for ‘Before Christ’, but ‘Before Children’, I laughed – and then cried. I was at some awful NCT mothers coffee morning, blocking the aisle in Starbucks with my gaily coloured all-terrain 3...
by Sally Biddlecombe | Feb 14, 2017 | Inspirational Stories
If you had told me 4 years ago that I would be working as a Horse Trekking guide in the stunning Dart Valley near Queenstown, New Zealand, I wouldn’t have believed you. I’d been to university, got the degree and landed what I though was the ‘dream...